Wildlife photography is a significant part of photography, and living in an island with a rich and diverse wildlife gives us the privilege of enjoying and experiencing wildlife photography at its best. The team Wild Sri Lanka is on a unique endeavour to muse the art of wildlife photography with the very important cause of conserving wildlife through a photographic exhibition: “Wild Sri Lanka Photographer of the year 2018”. The exhibition will be held at Temple Trees in Colombo.
Living in an age where wildlife conservation is crucial for the world, the exhibition “Wild Sri Lanka Photographer of the year 2018” intends to explore the beauty and the value imprinted on wildlife through the age old, yet, ever transforming medium of photography. The main goal of the Exhibition is to bring together photographers or wildlife enthusiasts, who possess a keen passion towards Wildlife photography and provide them an apt platform to display their skills and abilities, in order to create a wildlife conservation social movement.
Lakshitha Karunarathna, Organizing Committee Member of Wild Sri Lanka commented on the event, “Through Wild Sri Lanka, we hope to create awareness and inspire the general public about the magnificent fauna and flora of the country, so they yield sincere initiatives to the conservation of Sri Lankan wildlife. On the one hand, we believe, this initiative will create a platform for all wildlife and nature lovers, conservationists, and researchers to share knowledge and inspire many to follow their path and protect the world. On the other hand, we believe, the exhibition will allow photographers in Sri Lanka to expose themselves to a competition of international standard to share each other’s knowledge and interests to improve their skills and knowledge”.
The event is organized by Wild Sri Lanka; a movement managed by the Team Wild Unlimited in dedication to all who love and respect Nature and Wild Life photography. Entries will be inspected by an experienced panel of national and international judges, comprising experts in the field, which will allow the Sri Lankan photographers to reach out for recognition at international competitions.
The event, due to be held on November 24 and 25 includes several exciting features, such as, open workshops based on wildlife photography and conservation, for all winners. The workshop will be conducted by award winning wildlife photographer Lakshitha Karunarathna. In addition, all participants would receive valuable certificates, and gifts including prize money worth LKR 200,000/=, 100,000/= and 50,000/= for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners, respectively. Areas will be allocated at the event premises to merchandise sponsors’ products and Special Wild Sri Lanka Merchandise for “Wild Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation” fund.
To join this endeavour, the competition calls upon all photographers islandwide, to submit their work on wildlife. The final date for entries is October 30, 2018.
For further information on the exhibition, visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/WildSriLankaPhoto/ or email: [email protected].